In the Arena

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ISBN: 9781977285904

Combat in Vietnam, Diplomacy in Europe, Philanthropy in America

Robert R Ulin

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English

Outskirts Press
24 January 2026

Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Military history; Vietnam War; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; Diplomacy

This book is a first-person account of military service during the Cold War in Europe from the building to the destruction of the Berlin Wall. It is also about combat in Vietnam as an artilleryman in the Central Highlands and as an infantry advisor in the Mekong Delta. The author participated in the investigation of a fragging incident that killed an NCO, he put down an attempted mutiny and directed the first artillery counter-battery attack on Soviet artillery manned by North Vietnamese regulars in the tri-border era of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. He worked with the CIA in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam managing the Phoenix Program while assigned to Tam Binh District where he met the legendary John Paul Vann and hosted visits by Sir Robert Thompson, the British guerrilla warfare expert and John Erlichman, advisor to President Richard Nixon. Between tours of duty in Vietnam, he returned to Germany with a Pershing Missile unit that experienced severe discipline problems including drugs, assaults, and attempted murder. This book is about a thirty-three-year military career from private to colonel during a particularly difficult time for the U.S. Army. He served in Germany, Vietnam, Belgium, and Luxembourg and conducted missions in the former Eastern Europe and Africa. While in Belgium he served at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), the American Embassy as a member of the diplomatic corps, and finally NATO headquarters. The author participated in a NATO Summit attended by President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher and completed his career on the faculty of the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where he participated in the first uniformed visit to Warsaw, Prague, and Budapest following the demise of the Warsaw Pact.

By: Robert R Ulin
Imprint: Outskirts Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781977285904
ISBN 10: 1977285902
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 24 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bob Ulin is a retired Colonel of Artillery with extensive foreign assignments and engagements in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. He had two combat tours in Vietnam and he lived and worked Europe for 17 years. He spent 12 years in the for-profit sector working for private sector companies and was the director of business development for an organizational development firm that included several Fortune 500 clients. Bob has two master's degrees and is a graduate of an executive management program of Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is the Founding CEO Emeritus of the CGSC Foundation, Inc.